The criticism for the game awards are laughable

[-DMP-]

How have you never heard of Sam Lake when he was literally the face of Max Payne and the director of the studio that made the game? I guess you haven't heard of Mark Vanderloo either?

Mark Vanderwho?

Maybe because that nikka not famous like that

There’s levels to this shyt

 

[Pressure]

You don’t have to make a new thread complaining when the popular narrative goes against your predictions.

In this case, TGA is a valid E3 replacement.

You don’t have to narrative set everything. Especially something that isn’t important at all. If you enjoyed it why are you mad?

 

[Diunx]

To non-video game people he is

we are talking about the game awards not the non-video game awards.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

TGA is a valid E3 replacement.

It is, we all tuned in for the same reasons why we tune into e3. For game trailers and reveals. No one cares about speeches

Then we get cheesy musical performances and celebrity marketing tie-in’s on top of that. Its exactly e3 with awards thrown in-between

 

[Diunx]

It is, we all tuned in for the same reasons why we tune into e3. For game trailers and reveals. No one cares about speeches

Yep, now having said that, if you are gonna have the developers going up and accepting awards, give them their fukking time, no one gives to shyt about a fukking muppet or willy wonka pretending he like video games, let the dude that directed Baldur's gate thank his wife.

 

[Rembrandt]

Yep, now having said that, if you are gonna have the developers going up and accepting awards, give them their fukking time, no one gives to shyt about a fukking muppet or willy wonka pretending he like video games, let the dude that directed Baldur's gate thank his wife.

It's as simple as that. There's a difference between making a huge deal about the speeches and thinking it's weird as fukk to cut Sam Lake off in 30 secs, not let BG3 honor a dead coworker after 6 years and getting huge publicity while letting Kojima do whatever the fukk that was

Or chilling with a muppet making dumbass jokes that are longer than the speeches.

Acting like there's no middle ground is ridiculous

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

no one gives to shyt about a fukking muppet or willy wonka pretending he like video games

I agree, that they should give them a bit more time but the hollywood tie-ins and spectacle are the reason these devs even care so much more about these awards than the other ones in the first place.

No matter how much money the games industry makes they will always play second fiddle to the film industry.

 

[My Girl is Bow Legged]

nikkas in here bragging about not knowing some of the most prominent names in the industry lol

might as well fold the entire subforum and condense it into a sony vs microsoft thread in tlr

 

[Pressure]

It is, we all tuned in for the same reasons why we tune into e3. For game trailers and reveals. No one cares about speeches

Then we get cheesy musical performances and celebrity marketing tie-in’s on top of that. Its exactly e3 with awards thrown in-between

Cherry picking is a logical fallacy. Let’s try again.

 

[Westbama Heartthrob]

Who are these people and why should anyone give a fukk? Sincere question

If the devs wanna speak they literally can just hop online and talk directly to the fans for however long and whenever they want

This ain't 20-30 years ago. Folks complaining about it online just waiting time

 

[-DMP-]

nikkas in here bragging about not knowing some of the most prominent names in the industry lol

might as well fold the entire subforum and condense it into a sony vs microsoft thread in tlr

Bruh no one bragging but yall acting like ppl really no these names.

Yall don’t event talk about Sam Lake like that.

I searched. Ain’t no threads about him on here. 3 posts popped up.

 

[winb83]

Mark Vanderwho?

Maybe because that nikka not famous like that

There’s levels to this shyt

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

There are other awards for video games. When was the last time a major thread was made on this site about them?

If the Game Awards stopped leaning into the spectacle, it would be as talked about as those other award shows.

I did a search, and not a single thread came up for D.I.C.E. awards. The truth is TGA got to the position it is in now due to all the embedded promotion.

The irony of a YouTuber complaining about advertising when that's all they do is hilarious.

The reality is many gamers don't care about the art aspect of video games. It's all about being entertained. TGA does understand that.

I saw people saying they should split the award ceremony up into two parts. Imagine how no one would tune into the actual award part at that point

 

[Westbama Heartthrob]

Bro , they were telling the BG3 devs to wrap it up when they were honoring a coworker that died.

Meanwhile Kojima was on stage for way too long, Mackie seemed to ramble and whatever the fukk with the muppets happened.

Idk how anyone can actually defend that shyt

I will say, that was wack

Kojima is an industry darling, but they went too far. Could've made an exception for larian since they weren't a super popular studio before bg3 and this is their victory lap. Especially to honor a dead coworker that helped make it possible

Still, they can honor them with their own platform. Internet has opened the doors where these big award shows really aren't needed.

The fans will show up for the games at the end of the day. If devs created their own platforms, they can have the freedom to do whatever they want.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

This years D.I.C.E awards have 2500 views



The Golden Joysticks awards have 65k



BAFTA Awards 28k



TGA 6.5m




Now whats the difference between all these award shows